Viktor Krakauer

Viktor Krakauer (5 November 1919-24 April 1945) was a colonel of Nazi Germany's Volkssturm militia during World War II.

Biography
Viktor Krakauer was born on 5 November 1919 in the city of Dusseldorf, Germany. He became a soldier of the Wehrmacht in 1939 at the age of 20 and fought on the Eastern Front against Poland and the Soviet Union, and in 1945 he was made the colonel of a unit of inexperienced Volkssturm militia. Krakauer was killed in action in the Battle of Berlin on 24 April.